Facebook’s VR team just got a new boss, and it’s former Xiaomi exec Hugo Barra.
Barra, who had been serving as global lead of the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, announced his departure earlier this week to return to Silicon Valley. He quickly found a new gig as vice president of virtual reality at Facebook.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement Wednesday in a Facebook post , citing Barra’s track record at Google and Xiaomi.
« I’ve known Hugo for a long time, starting when he helped develop the Android operating system, to the last few years he’s worked at Xiaomi in Beijing bringing innovative devices to millions of people, » Zuckerberg said.
Barra joined Xiaomi in 2013 after heading up Google’s Android product development.
